Psalm 105:4-14

4 Seek the LORD and ¹His strength; ²Seek His face continually.

5 Remember His ³wonders which He has done, His marvels and the ⁴judgments uttered by His mouth,

6 O seed of ⁵Abraham, His servant, O sons of ⁶Jacob, His ⁷chosen ones!

7 He is the LORD our God; His ⁸judgments are in all the earth.

8 He has ⁹remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a ¹⁰thousand generations,

9 The ¹¹covenant which He made with Abraham, And His ¹²oath to Isaac.

10 Then He ¹³confirmed it to Jacob for a statute, To Israel as an everlasting covenant,

11 Saying, "¹⁴To you I will give the land of Canaan As the ¹⁵portion of your inheritance,"

12 When they were only a ¹⁶few men in number, Very few, and ¹⁷strangers in it.

13 And they wandered about from nation to nation, From one kingdom to another people.

14 He ¹⁸permitted no man to oppress them, And He ¹⁹reproved kings for their sakes:

Psalm 105:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 105

This psalm was penned by David, and sung at the time when the ark was brought from the house of Obededom to the place which David had prepared for it; at least the first fifteen verses of it, the other part being probably added afterwards by the same inspired penman, as appears from 1Ch 16:1-7. The subject matter of the psalm is the special and distinguishing goodness of God to the children of Israel, and to his church and people, of which they were typical: the history of God's regard to and care of their principal ancestors, Abraham, Jacob, Joseph and of the whole body of the people, in bringing them out of Egypt, leading them through the wilderness, and settling them in the land of Canaan, is here recited, as an argument for praise and thankfulness.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 63:2
• 2. Psalms 27:8
• 3. Psalms 40:5; Psalms 77:11
• 4. Psalms 119:13
• 5. Psalms 105:42
• 6. Psalms 135:4
• 7. 1 Chronicles 16:13; Psalms 106:5; Psalms 135:4
• 8. Isaiah 26:9
• 9. Psalms 105:42; Psalms 106:45; Luke 1:72
• 10. Deuteronomy 7:9
• 11. Genesis 12:7; Genesis 17:2, 8; Genesis 22:16-18; Galatians 3:17
• 12. Genesis 26:3
• 13. Genesis 28:13-15
• 14. Genesis 13:15; Genesis 15:18
• 15. Joshua 23:4; Psalms 78:55
• 16. Genesis 34:30; Deuteronomy 7:7
• 17. Genesis 23:4; Hebrews 11:9
• 18. Genesis 20:7; Genesis 35:5
• 19. Genesis 12:17; Genesis 20:3, 7

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. wonderful acts
• [b] Lit "of His mouth"
• [c] Lit "measuring line"